Articles Authored or Co-Authored by Attorney Michael Pill​

"... Current prices prevent many hardworking people from buying a home. Are “tiny houses” a solution? ... But a tiny house, especially one on wheels, is illegal under Massachusetts municipal zoning ordinances/bylaws that do not allow free-standing accessory dwellings or use of a mobile home as a permanent dwelling. ..."​To read more of Tiny houses’ may be a good idea, but are they legal? by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.​

"Who could resist the opportunity to buy a property tax lien title for $1,052.84, and end up owning real estate worth more than $270,000? Boston-based Tallage LLCunsuccessfully tried to do just that in the Land Court case Tallage LLC v. Meaney..."To read more of How to steal a house in Massachusetts … legally! by: Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.​

"A damning indictment of racist impact came in an Oct. 12, 2015, open letter to state lawmakers from the president of the New England Area Conference of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), representing 13 Massachusetts NAACP branches, and 15 leading state public officials, activists and academicians of color."​To read more of Title clearing act will burden conveyancers, have racist impact by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.​

"Co-author Michael Pill once had the unfortunate experience of having a judge exclaim from the bench: “You can’t land-lock property in Massachusetts!” The judge was unaware of the case law summarized with these words in Kitras v. Town of Aquinnah..."​​To read more of Necessity alone does not an easement create by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right

​"Historically, recording a memorandum of lis pendens at the Registry of Deeds was an effective way to encumber title real property when seeking to enforce a land use restriction, easement or claim of ownership."To read more of For the unwary, lis pendens presents another trap to avoid by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill,download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.

"Lawyers considering trying to evade a real estate contract because someone has made a better offer should consider whether the time, expense, uncertainty of outcome and stress of potential litigation are justified by the benefit to be gained for the client. It may be in the client’s best financial interest to honor the contract."To read more of Specific performance of real estate contracts by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.

"The mechanic’s lien statute, G.L.c. 254, proves the old English maxim that “there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip.'"To read more of Avoiding or getting rid of mechanic's liens on real estate by: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill,download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.

"In other words, is the holder of an easement of specified width forced to prove a need for that entire width or suffer a private uncompensated taking of his property?"To read more of Is it open season on easmentsby: Justin M. Perrotta and Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.

"Growing up working in my immigrant grandfather’s men’s clothing store in Iowa, I learned firsthand how the old, independent merchants in those pre-chain-store and pre-shopping-mall days built up and kept their clientele."To read more of Lessons learned working at an Iowa men's clothing store​ by Michael Pill, download the PDF on the right or log into http://masslawyersweekly.com and search for author Michael Pill.